[prem_ravi]

Dear Friends,

Please use this thread for posting your XLRI GMP interview experiences only,any feedbacks on the PI etc

For normal queries pertaining to course, admissions etc use the thread (link provided below)

http://www.pagalguy.com/forum/intern...beyond-82.html (XLRI GMP - Admissions and Beyond)

[amit-soni]

Profile: Working in IT field since August 2004. Worked in C-DOT, Microsoft, Stryker.
B.Tech Comp. Science IIT Roorkee 2004. CGPA: 6.4
Xth: 81%
XIIth: 81%
3 Profs and Me

P: Why are your marks so less in graduation
Me: :eyepop: Should have studied more.
P: :detective: So you became complacent
Me: Yes Sir.. to an extent .. (Should have said something better. Donno why didn't say the rehearsed answer)
P: What was your Rank in Roorkee entrance
Me: Told. told i also got Metallurgy in IIT kanpur which i left for computers
P: Did you had any prior experience in computers
Me: No Sir. U P Board does not have computers as subject. Had till 8th in school that too just played games.
P: :eyepop: Then why did you take it
Me: Discussed with Seniors. Moreover felt that computers bring ease in usage so would be used in almost all the fields.
P: Did you study Artificial intelligence?
Me: (Of all the computers subject you need to ask this only)I don't remember it sir
P: What is neural network?
Me: Can't recall it sir
P: What are the advantages of tree?
Me: told.
P: why do we need tree? we can use linked list
Me: Parsing becomes easier. If its organised like Binary search tree then computations reduce.. blah blah.. wasn't that much articulate.
P: Different ways of traversal
Me: Postorder, Preorder, Inorder
P: Do you use that in maths?
Me: Did not understand what you mean
P: Arithmatic Expression equivalent
Me: Not sure . Did you mean Postfix, prefix, Infix .. P Nods yes thats right.
P: Merge Sort, Quick Sort
Me: Told
P: You got a "D" in Mathematics?
Me: Yes sir that was only 1 semester. (In my opinion that's an achievement.. passing it. Its called Death by Algebra)
P: You also said You didn't study Artificial Intelligence.. but its one of your subjects
Me:(Don't my grades say that i did not study.. ) Sir i might have misspelt. What i meant was i can't remember anything in it now.
P: What do you do other than work? Do you read.
Me: I generally follow Stock Market and Economy news. That interests me. Ofcourse my knowledge would not be as big as yours but i think i am better than average.
P: You said Big knowledge. Knowledge is big or Vast
Me: Sorry Sir... its Vast
P: Why do you think we are economists?
Me: Sir two possibilities either you are or not. If you are then i can't match you in knowledge and if you are not then you might have been in the vicinity of all the economist and you have a vast experience compared to me coupled with teaching MBA's i can't match it.
P: So, Why was the economy liberalized in nineties?
Me: :eyepop: (Whats this? i was just 9 years old then. Please aks me about current state)... blurted out something like previously it was not opened as industry was in a nascent stage. Gave e.g. of aviation which was not opened till recently to let the local industry develop. Then to allow more FDI, improve liquidity
P: But why was the need? why was it liberalized?
Me: Blurted out something... (Correct answer is economy was in problem and India went to IMF for loan and they had imposed conditions on india. Also india wanted the liquidity situation to improve to avoid having same crisis again)
P:So you are working as Tech lead
Me: yes sir
P: Major problems and how u address
Me: Told people associate themselves with their idea. try to build consensus. blah blah
P: So you don't lead.. you don't take decisions..you build consensus
Me: No sir its not like that... i take decisions but i have to take the group along so that we achive our goal of delivering the project as every resource is crucial. But yes i have to take decision sometimes and if i am in a higher up position then i will defintely have to take decisions as leader is someone whon people look forward to.
P: What are the negatives of building consensus
Me: Can't Recall
P: :eyepop: Recall ??? This is your experience? you have to tell
Me: said some irrelevant crap.
P: Heard of a theory called Group Think
Me: No
P: Ok what are the disadvantages of a group, role of leader
Me: blah blah... without a leader generally a fish market leader can give directions..
P: What about terrorist leader?
started Laughing and say we are done
Me: i complete by saying that there motive is wrong but leader is giving them direction to motive.

Thank you sirs.

Profs were very friendly. Just simple discussion..

[prabir.sinha]

Hi

Had my itvw on 25th in Mumbai at 2.00 p.m. Could not post it earlier sorry.

interview panel 3
My profile: currently in IT industry (what else after my MCA)
XAT: 98
decent acads

not in sequence. Am typing it out as i remember them

p1: u get so and so salary. do you think that after GMP you would be getting more
me: money also matters but more interested in role, told i was preferably looking for IT consultancy
p2: y GMP
me: told
p2: u are from North-East (NE). how is it different from the rest of the country
me: told
p1: what do u do in ur free time
me: told
p3: how is the IT industry shaping up. after GMP do u think it will look good for u to get a decent job
me: told.
p1: ur dream co and role u r looking for
me: told
p3: suppose i gave u 20,000 crores to develop NE, how would you spend it
me: told the usual like tourism, education, infrastructure. Then out of the blue, i said policies.
p3: u need money for policies??
me: tried to cover up by saying something
Then a decent discussion on policies in the NE with everyone chippin in
p3: some maths now. Give an example of null set and universal set in this room
me: null set- BM and PMIR candidates
universal set- the tubelight
panel: ok thank you u may leave

May have missed out some general qs. these are all that i remember.
Went on only for 15 mins. Met two other candidates whose slots were 2.20 p.m. and 2.40 p.m.

All the best to everyone.
Feedback would be appreciated.

Regards

[p2here]

I had my interview on 27th in Mumbai. It was about 15-20 minutes and I am really afraid that how will they judge a candidate in this short time.

Irony is, all of the guys were having interviews of same duration.

The questions were mostly from work-ex and I wont say that I did very well.

Anyone has clue what is the ratio of number of interview-calls and number of seats.

[jeeves sunil]

had my interview today on 28 th feb Mumbai

was waiting in conference room, got a call to come in.

simple questions.


Like what u do? how has recession affected business?
they were reading my application and essays while asking me very general questions about business.( I am from sales and marketing function)

How seasonal is your business?
what do u do when it is lean season?
what is range?

;/

what is standard deviation?
:eyepop:
i dont remember

no answer logically!

i answer based on what little i recalled.

what is more accurate?
standard deviation.


why?

because it is more complicated:new_Llol:
no actually it is a measure of deviation from the mean value :eyepop:



than another theoretical question on sales forecasting.


than one googly question on marketing( Good one)
and yep i answered it right.

i smiled, asked 2 questions about institute and walked out.

very relaxed atmoshpere.

lets wait for the results

[prem_ravi]

Request people to post their profile too while posting their experiences..

ie
10th, 12th, UG/PG scores, XAT percentiles/GMAT scores, Workex-years & sector, extracurriculars etc

[Lár Marbleskull]

My GMP intvw was yday 5th March @ LIBA, Chennai, 11:20

If you get down at the main gate, do ask for directions to get to the LIBA building.

When I got to the building, found a waiting room for candidates. Met 2 gentlemen who were already done. They tell me that an intvw is in progress (It’s a Major from the army). They tell me that there are 3 members on the panel - The old prof (let’s call him Oldie Goldie), an alumni/young prof they weren't sure (lets call him Young Turk) and a shrink who doesn't talk.

Both gentlemen make a move and then the Major gets back from his room. Appear Shrink. Checks me out. Asks me what time mine is. Says will call me in 5 minutes. Don't hear from him for another 10 mins. Am busy chatting with the Major about his army life, etc...

Young_Turk appears and checks me out. Asks me what time mine is. Says will call me in 5 minutes. Don't hear from him for another 10 mins. Still chatting with Major.

Then Shrink comes back and asks me if I am ready for intvw.

I follow him.

Enter room.

Young Turk on the left. Oldie Goldie in the center and Shrink to my right.

Apparently all of them are busy and none gives a look at me.

I wait for them to look up. Oldie Goldie looks up. I wish him. Responding, he asks me to take a seat. As I settle down, the others look up and I wish them too.

Start.

For our post lets say I work for AAA, my client is BBB and I worked out of CCC in the US of A.

OG is very excited on seeing me and has a broad smile. Starts off -

OG: So you have been working in CCC?
Me: yes sir
OG: So what do you work on?
Me: Blah - Blah about BBB
OG: So you worked in the Corporate Headquarters of BBB?
Me: No sir. A diff bldg
OG: Did you live in CCC?
Me: Yes sir. 2 diff places actually
OG: What is special about Corporate Headquarters?
Me: ... (Wondering what it was)....Sir, it’s the tallest structure in CCC, Highest no of storeys, etc...

OG isn’t convinced. Apparently it was something else. Am gonna do some goggling and talking to frenz to figure what it was.

OG: So you have never been to Corporate Headquarters?
Me: No Sir, I have been. The ground floor's got restraunts and malls and I normally go there for lunch.
OG: So why didn’t you apply to prestigious colleges like Duke, etc?
Me: Sir, I am looking at coming back to India, etc…
OG: So you could have done right? Finished your studies and then come back? You would have that advantage of international flavor? (With a mischievous glint in his eyes)
Me: No sir. That would not have been feasible since I would need to come back and look for a job. But studying here in XLRI would ensure that I am eligible for campus placements, blah blah
OG: So how long have you been in AAA?
Me: Sir since Feb 2004
OG: Why MBA? Why XLRI GMP?
Me: Blah Blah (to my surprise, he didn’t pursue this topic. Donne why)
OG: But if you do from XLRI, you will not have good companies like AAA coming?
Me: Yes sir. But there are other equally good ones coming in
OG: So tell me about AAA
Me: Blah – Blah, Enron, Blah- Blah, Arthur – Anderson, taint, Blah Blah
OG: So you do not mind working for a tainted company? (Again that mischievous smile)
Me: No Sir. AAA nothing to do with Arthur Anderson, blah blah’d the differences.
OG: Ok so does AAA have Indian Clients?
Me: Yes sir, though not as many as IBM, I am not very sure but I think Dabur is one.
OG: Ok what is all this advertising that AAA does in India?
Me: Sir I think they do run some TV ads, blah-blah
OG: So for who are these ads?
Me: Blah- blah

(Remember all the while Young Turk and Shrink hasn’t spoken a word and has fleetingly made eye contact. I grabbed as much eye balls as possible)

Young Turk: So what is the difference between FMCG Marketing and
Me: Blah Blah
OG: What are these AAA ads? Are they relevant?
Me: Blah Blah
OG: Why tiger woods?
Me: Blah Blah

(Now, I started off on the right foot, justifying the use of TG as branding, but I guess I got carried away by them and they soon had me tied up in knots. For some reason the discussion went on to a tangent as to how CEO’s relate to golfers and play golf. I guess I could have done a better job here at ensuring that they didn’t send me off on a wrong direction)

Young Turk then got into a discussion with me on how AAA needs to separate its consulting and services division. There was a lot of discussion here and all throughout OG was nodding off!!! I couldn’t believe it. Either it was a pretense or he really had his head down to catch 40 winks, I donno.

Then the final Question. From the Shrink.

If you were a hostel warden of a girl’s college and assuming there were 2 hostels, 1 with girls aged below 30 and the 2nd with girls aged above 30, what would be your rules and regulations?

Me: Blah Blah

Shrink: What would be 2 common rules?
Me: Blah Blah

Shrink: What would be different?
Me: Blah Blah

Interview ends. I think I was surprised with how abruptly it ended.

The whole thingy lasted 25 mins.


~Lar

[catbit]

The interview is over. I was called for the interview on 3rd. I was first to enter the GMP interview room. It was 9:10 am in the morning and the movie began with me and 3 profs(P1, P2 and P3).It lasted for 30 mins !

P1 : Tell me about your projects?
me : told ..
P1 : What is the technology used there ?
me :blah...
P1 : How client billing is done in your project ?
me : told about time sheet and etc
p1 : If some one is not very efficient and you are very efficient then how will you measure that ?
me : told about metrics, estimation blah blah
p1 : what are different metrics ?
me : told..
p1 : what is effort variance? what is schedule variance ? etc
me : told
p1 : give me a diagram with a critical task and asked me to calculate SV ...
me : asked BAC and tried to persuade him with my answer...but he was not satisfied..
p1 : what is CPI ?
me : told
p1 : how you are affected by recent recession ? what you can do at your individual level ?
me : told and there were now convinced

Now it was the turn of third prof :
p3: one of my project name starr with one stop XXXX. He asked me the difference between one stop and one start.
me : told...and he was convinced
p3 : what is range ? what is standard deviation ?
me : gave wrong answer..
then the p1 give me an example and asked me the answer
me : this time I was correct
p3: how they are related ?
me : no idea !!
p3 : what is taylor series ?
me : told.

now it was turn of p2

p2 : what is your philosophy of life ? asked me from my own answer for XLRI wuestions
me : told
p2 : cracked a joke regarding my philosophy and asked me to give proper example..
me : gave an example ...
p2 : Asked about satyam case ? how we were affected ?
me : told
p2: asked about why MBA kind of question in diff format
me : told

P1 : asked about resign / study leave \
me : told
p1 : told me about bad placement scenario at XLRI and told me that they could not gurantee a job after the completion of the course..asked me about my plan
me : told (frustrated !!)
p1 : advised to take all types of precaution and to do contingency planning before leaving the company for study
then asked me about any question for them
me : asked about the course commencement time ?
p1 : told and thanked me
me : thanked all of them

Profile :
X : 93%
XII : 88 %
B-Tech in CS : 82%
Work ex : 5.5 years in IT

[sachinatntpc]

B.Tech- 2003
GMAT-690
Experience in Power Sector

interview was on 26th in Delhi.
Q what are the problems being faced by your team
A told
Q major social pro being faced by the country
A told
then lot of q on secularism, ethics, political parties etc

at last full form of pdf

3 prof were friendly and interactive.

[sachinatntpc]

can any one say when the result of xlri-gmp will be out?